58 A VOYAGETO 
their labour was rendered lefs efficient tlian it might 
"^—^r—^ have been. In the evening of the 26th the colours 
January. 26ch, ^.^^^^ difplaved on fhore, and the Governor, with feveral 
of his principal officers and othersj, aiTembied round the 
fiag-ftafF, drank the king's health, and fiiccefs to the 
fettlement, with all that difplay of form which on fuch 
occafions is efteemed propitious, becaufe it enlivens the 
fpirits, and fills the imagination with pleaiing prefages.. 
From this time to the end of the firft v/eek in Febru- 
ary all was hurry and exertion. They who gave orders 
and they who received them were equally occupied ; 
nor is it eafy to conceive a bufier fcene than this part 
of the coaft exhibited durino; the continuance of thefe 
firil efforts towards efcablhliment. The plan of the 
encampment was quickly formed, and places v/ere marked- 
out for every different purpole9,fo as to introduce, as much 
V as poffible, faidl order and regularity. The materials 
and frame work to conftrucSt a flight temporary habitation 
for the Governor, had been brought out from England- 
ready formed : thefe v/ere landed and put together with 
as much expedition as the circumiiances would allow. 
Hofpital tents were alfo without delay ere6fed, for which 
there was foon but too much occalion. hi the paiTage 
from the Cape there had been but Httle Hcknefs, nor had 
many died even among the convi^ls ; but foon after 
landing, a dyfentery prevailed, which in feveral inftances 
5 proved 
